Houston, TX 7:45 pm Pace: 8:46 Here's a tip. If you are training for a marathon, avoid spending August in Houston, Texas. It was a very hot run. I went up along the Bayou and into some neighborhoods just west of Rice University. I have this rule (that I break a lot) of not running after dark in a neighborhood that I've never been in. Once I got out there though, I was less concerned with getting mugged as I was afraid of being picked up by the police for being rif-raf. Apparently I stumbled upon the headquarters of the intown Houston south side millionaire's club. It was a very nice neighborhood. The heat and humidity were pretty bad. The thermometer on the bank read 85 when I finished around 9pm and my clothes could not have been wetter if I had jumped in a pool. |